tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post6199954891405172981..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Relative SizesKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-46013166258122742702016-09-17T18:20:31.605+01:002016-09-17T18:20:31.605+01:00Kaor, Paul!
A Lilliputian would scarcely be even ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />A Lilliputian would scarcely be even NOTICEABLE by a Brobdingnagian!<br /><br />Don't forget the dwarves of THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS. The dwarf Hugi is described there as not quite three feet in height. The impression I got was that being the average height of Hugi's people.<br /><br />And of course JRR Tolkien's hobbits in THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS averaged about four feet in height (a really TALL hobbit would be about 4.5 feet).<br /><br />Sean Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com